how-to

public class Example {

  //This code instantiate the calbc corpus in Java object and retrieve information from it.

  //Path to the CALBC file
  private static String pathInput;

  public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, XMLStreamException {

    //Where the CALBC i slocated on the hard drive
    pathInput = "path/to/calbc/file/175k-allcomer-xtype";
    //Creation of a CALBC file
    File calbcFile = new File(pathInput);
    //Creation of a Corpus object. This object holds all the CALBC information
    Corpus calbc = new Corpus(calbcFile);

    //Once the Corpus object instantiated, it is possible to retrieve the elements:

    //Loop over the articles contained inside the corpus and associated info
    for (Article article : calbc.getArticles()) {
      String articleID = article.getId();
      String articleTitle = article.getTitle());
      if(currentArticle.getDate() != null){
        String articleDate = article.getDate();
      }
      String pmid = article.getPmid();
      if(article.getAuthors() != null){
        //List of the authors attached to the article
        for (Author author : article.getAuthors()) {
          if(author.getName() != null){
            String authorName = author.getName();
          }
        }
      }
      //Loop over the sentences contained inside the current article  
      for (Sentence sentence : article.getSentences()) {
        String sentenceId = sentence.getId();
        if((sentence.getAnnotations() != null) && (sentence.getAnnotations().size() > 0)){
          //Loop over the annotations contained inside the current sentence
          for (Annotation annotation : sentence.getAnnotations()) {
            String annotationId = annotation.getId();
            String annotatedString = annotation.getAnnotatedString());
            if(annotation.getConsensusTypes() != null){
              for (String type : annotation.getConsensusTypes()) {
                String semanticType = type;
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}